Where you and i disagree is that regime change is the sole goal of these sanctions. The purpose is to not help an enemy. As for your argument around legitimacy

Where you and i disagree is that regime change is the sole goal of these sanctions. The purpose is to not help an enemy. As for your argument around legitimacy, it does not matter. They will find an excuse to legitimize the government no matter what. See what venezuela did when we still had relations with their government. All this talk of legitimacy actually just does not matter. Cuban people know their government sucks and if they havent realized it already they are too deep in the propaganda to ever be convinced edit: Also out of curiosity, if this was a fascist dictatorship on the border would you advocate free trade?